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I Think Green is crippling Pettersson with a dump and chase style
wai_lai416 replied to *Buzzsaw*'s topic in Canucks Talk
lol it's only hovering at 20% coz we are 6 for 12 combined total against Detroit and LA.. sure it looked a little better the last 3 games? but 2 of the 3 games are against the bottom 10 teams in the league for PK lol so i wouldn't put too much stock into it... we are 3 for 32 on the powerplay this season if we don't include Detroit and LA.. and if we want to take it further.. we are 2 for 29 against teams ranked higher than 20th on the PK -
I Think Green is crippling Pettersson with a dump and chase style
wai_lai416 replied to *Buzzsaw*'s topic in Canucks Talk
lol i woudln't call the PP clicking.. we are a combined 3 for 32 on the powerplay against teams not named Detroit and LA. while i'm not concerned about his points production.. it is concerning his goal scoring ability since the 2nd half of last season to now.. -
I Think Green is crippling Pettersson with a dump and chase style
wai_lai416 replied to *Buzzsaw*'s topic in Canucks Talk
lol i don't think it's Green wanting them to play the dump and chase.. it's just this team in general have 0 players beside EP and Hughes that's capable of playing the style.. like who on this team that's currently on the big club that have the hockey IQ or the skills required to make those nice passing plays or setting up the 1 timers? none... literally everyone on this team is a shoot first guy... when EP and Hughes is not on the ice together really there's no one to get the puck to EP in the open area for a nice shooting chance.. hence they are just playing the way they are now lol.. that's just the reality of the team when there's 0 players beside EP and Hughes that have anything resembling play making skill lol -
I’ll stand by what i said goldobin is a great complimentary player for ep. sure he doesn’t score as much as we like him to but it’s not really a coincident majority of his assist was with ep in the first half of the season. Since then ep have to create everything by himself and how many goals have he scored since the 2nd half to now? There’s simply no one on his line that can give him space. Other team just focus on EP just blanket him and not let him shoot or pass. Not too hard to see why ep is struggling in terms of goals. Let’s not kid ourselves 17 of our goals came in 3 games against team that finished well below us in the standing last year. We will only go as far as EP takes us offensively
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A 0.4 0.5 ppg player ahl talent at best then a lot of players we have shouldn’t even be in the minors let alone the nhl
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And he’s playing with neither just like Ericsson was brought in as a top line forward
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Lol I said it before he’s not a legitimate top 6 and don’t even know why ppl just automatically penciled him in with ep and boeser before the season even began and I was flamed for it lol
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[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at New Jersey Devils | Oct. 19, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
The key to beating the canucks play a nobody goalie or your backup how many shut out is that now the last 4 years against non bonafide starters -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis Blues | Oct. 17, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
wasn't too happy with binnington climbing on top of petey after the goal shoving his face into the ice. wouldn't mind accidental bumps by our players next game. i mean petey didn't even touch him so not sure why he felt the need to go after him a little. -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis Blues | Oct. 17, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
this powerplay is god awful.. watching paint dry might be more exciting.. that 5v3.. no comment.. petey to the rescue with that nice deke around the goalie and horvat banging it in.. the PP was only good against mediocre and bad team.. against ok teams and up.. it looks garbage -
[PGT] Philadelphia Flyers at Vancouver Canucks | Oct. 12, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
lol they went from eastern time zone to central europe time zone back to eastern time zone then to the pacific time zone while travelling 10000 km in the span of a week... that's 1/7th of our total distant travelled the entire season in the span of a week... sure they weathered the storm and won the game.. still doesn't exempt them from coming out flat in the 3rd... especially when fatigue is not an issue with the team -
[PGT] Philadelphia Flyers at Vancouver Canucks | Oct. 12, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
ya that ain't happening with green and brown coaching lol Hughes needs to "EARN" his way to the PP1 -
[PGT] Philadelphia Flyers at Vancouver Canucks | Oct. 12, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
tbh.. i think our 3rd period is unacceptable.. a team that travelled 10000 miles across continent is out playing us who last played on wednesday?? i mean we played good for 40mins.. but that last 20mins effort is questionable -
EP is a sniper that can dangle and pass, only problem is the team have Quinn hughes as the only other playmaker on the roster. That limits EP time and space 5 on 5. EP had great success scoring in the first half last season when goldobin was on the line... and when hes demoted.. EP goal scoring fell off a cliff... EP is a great player.. but you cant expect him to pass the puck to himself and dangle the whole team to score.. his primary skill is sniping.. playmaking is secondary.. right now hes more of a playmaker.. whenever he shoots at the goalie.. it's usually shooting at a goalie that's facing him ready for a shot rather than shooting at a goalie that had to slide across coz theres no one that can feed him the puck and he has to do it himself. EP have been struggling since the 2nd half of last season and early this season on this current roster.. I dont think its fatigue tbh.. coz he did just fine with Sweden at the world championship after the season ended with much higher skilled linemates
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[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames | Oct. 05, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I'm not picking on virtanen just the previous guy quote me we dont need unproven AHL player. So I just say virtanen pretty hes in that category too -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames | Oct. 05, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
You mean virtanen? 0.4ppg in the nhl over 100 games shows he can play in the nhl offensively.. defensively is a different problem. I take a player that can produce but sucks at defense over a player that's good at defense but cant score if his life depends on it. You cant win if you dont score and as good as you are defensively you cant stop them all. -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames | Oct. 05, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
don't care what hater say bring up goldobin and play him with petey.. send eriksson down.. i don't care if Goldobin is not a 200 foot player.. at least he has chemistry with Pettersson when they played together.. literally the only player on this roster that's even close to Pettersson in terms of thinking the game.. they can let the other lines work out the kinks.. 2 games in EP looks invisible.. the line combination ain't working and once again we are struggling for goals and making every goalie look like Brodeur in his prime.. and our PP is god awful.. Send Eriksson down he needs to ride the bus and not collect his paycheque in the press box.. -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames | Oct. 05, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Lol can we just put Hughes on the top pp line in stead of leivo? I mean hes not even a skill guy.. why the hell is he on the top pp at the point?? Hell put ferland there or miller there and load up if you refuse to out Hughes on pp1.. I've said it before the start of the season.. this team will struggle for goals all year long it EP ain't ripping the league up -
[PGT] Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers | Oct. 02, 2019
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
new season same canucks we can't score and we make other goalie stats look good.. whatever at least my hockey pool looks good -
1st we need to get to the playoff lol if we are playing a playoff type of hockey from oct all the way to april i think we'd wear out well before we even make it to the TDL
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lol we kept schaller over baertschi.. this team is gonna struggle for goals outside of the top line. i'm not sold on the resurgence of pearson from last year.. there's a reason LA and Pittsburgh got rid of him.
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Lol virtanen did not earn a spot ahead of baertschi. Perks of being the first pick of your gm career even though you are a passenger on the team 9 out of 10 nights